Scottish Executive

Air Passenger Duty

Tavish Scott (Shetland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the £0.1 billion collected in Scotland under the category of Air Passenger Duty, as set out in Table 15. Receipts for UK and Estimates for Scotland, 1999-2000 in Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland 1999-2000 , relates to travel originating in the Highlands and Islands.

Lewis Macdonald: It is not possible to estimate with any degree of precision a breakdown by region of Air Passenger Duty (APD) collected in Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands. From 1 April 2001, passengers travelling from airports in the Highlands and Islands have been exempt from APD.

Animals

Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it will implement the provisions of the EU Zoo directive 1999/22/EC.

Mr Jim Wallace: We are currently consulting with relevant interests and will determine shortly the appropriate means of implementing the directive in Scotland.

Central Heating

Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency have (a) taken up their entitlement and (b) received free central heating under its Central Heating Installation Programme.

Iain Gray: The information requested is not held centrally. We will be publishing an annual report on the Central Heating Installation Programme which will give details of take-up across Scotland.

Central Heating

Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20749 by Iain Gray on 10 January 2002, whether it has any plans to provide a fast track procedure for applications for free central heating under its Central Heating Installation Programme for those people who have respiratory illness or a similarly heightened need for central heating or who lack a current centralised source of hot water.

Iain Gray: We have identified three groups which will receive priority as far as is reasonable, practicable and cost effective in the circumstance. They are single person households, households aged 75 or over and the disabled or long-term sick.

Civil Servants

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government about transferring Department of Trade and Industry Oil and Gas Directorate jobs to Aberdeen in order to facilitate the work of Local Enterprise Companies in respect of jobs in the oil and gas sector.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive has made no representations to Her Majesty’s Government about transferring further jobs in the Oil and Gas Directorate of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) from London to Aberdeen. We are, however, in regular contact with the DTI’s Oil and Gas Directorate in both Aberdeen and London on a wide range of matters including PILOT, skills issues and diversification opportunities, and we work with DTI staff in both locations to maximise the benefits of the oil and gas industry to the Scottish economy.

Climate Change

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it has set each of the three water authorities under the Scottish Climate Change Programme to reduce the use of energy, waste and water.

Ross Finnie: None.

  The Scottish Climate Change Programme recognised the need for the water authorities to integrate climate change issues into their business strategies and to take account of climate change in future investment programmes. Water Quality and Standards, Investment Priorities for Scotland’s Water Authorities 2002-2006, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 15676), recognised the need to use available knowledge on climate change to address a number of possible specific problems in their long-term investment plans.

  The three Scottish water authorities have jointly produced a set of 10 sustainability indicators, based on the set published by Water UK, to provide a measure of progress towards sustainability in the Scottish water industry.

  The Scottish water authorities publish annually environment and quality reports, and these are available on their websites.

  Additionally, the Executive has established a Climate Change Network for the Scottish water industry.

Digital Technology

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what support the Highlands and Islands Partnership Programme has secured from the European Regional Development Fund for the infrastructure and development of Public/Private Partnerships which are required to overcome the economic and demand problems of broadband delivery in rural areas as referred to in the report by British Telecommunications plc, Broadband Britain-Realising the Vision .

Ms Wendy Alexander: Under the Highlands and Islands Special Transitional Programme 2000-06, ICT support is included under Measure 2. 2 Improving Regional Competitiveness Through Developing the Information Society . The measure covers both awareness raising (demand side) activities and assistance for physical infrastructure (supply side). 13 million euros are allocated to the measure with a split of 4 million euros for the demand side and 9 million euros for supply side projects.

  No expenditure has yet been made on supply side projects. The programme requires that the partners commission an independent study to make recommendations on the best use of funds to enhance physical infrastructure. This is complete. An initial action plan has also been produced and a more detailed description of project activities is currently being finalised. The first application under this part of the measure will be submitted shortly.

Digital Technology

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether rural areas will be at any disadvantage in accessing broadband communications and how it ensures that providers do not limit provision of broadband connection to areas that are cost-effective for them.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The Scottish Executive has no direct control over the provision of broadband services by telecoms operators. This is a commercial matter for the companies concerned and will largely depend on demand.

  The Scottish Executive has been working with the enterprise agencies to develop demand stimulation proposals under the UK broadband fund for innovative broadband projects.

  This approach is part of the Executive's wider broadband strategy, Connecting Scotland: our broadband future, launched in August 2001. The aim of the strategy is to make affordable pervasive broadband connections available to citizens and businesses across Scotland.

  The strategy also includes two further strands:

  A programme that will progressively aggregate public sector demand for broadband infrastructure. This approach is being taken forward initially in two pathfinder areas - the Highlands and Islands and South of Scotland. The Executive, taking account of both the experience in the pathfinder areas and developments in the telecoms sector, will consider how broadband services should be procured for the public sector in other rural areas.

  Close liaison at a UK level on regulatory and policy development.

Digital Technology

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many households and businesses are currently connected to the internet, using a broadband connection.

Ms Wendy Alexander: Forty-nine per cent of the Scottish population have access to a broadband connection via cable or DSL. We do not have reliable figures for take-up of broadband services in Scotland. However, the Office of the E-Envoy are working to produce such figures in the longer term.

Doctors

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6585 by Susan Deacon on 22 August 2000, whether it will give a progress report on the steps it is taking to respond to the projected shortage of junior doctors.

Mrs Mary Mulligan: The number of junior doctors, defined as doctors in training, required in the short, medium and long term is affected by a variety of major factors, making for a very complex situation.

  In the short term, in response to the requirements of the European Working Time Directive and of the new contract arrangements for junior doctors, action is being taken to reduce working hours and achieve compliance with those requirements, and we have committed central funding for 375 more junior doctors to support that effort. The bulk of that funding comes on stream in the next two financial years.

  In the medium to long term, the numbers of junior doctors required are affected by changes in the demands of service provision, the way in which service delivery is organised, patterns of work for senior doctors, patterns of training for junior doctors and the composition and outlook of the workforce.

  The current fundamental review of medical workforce planning by Professor John Temple which Susan Deacon announced on 20 June 2001 is gathering and examining evidence on these short, medium and long term issues and will be reporting to ministers shortly.

Employment

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7250 by Henry McLeish on 8 June 2000, what impact its employment initiatives have had on the claimant unemployment rate in West Dunbartonshire since May 1999.

Ms Wendy Alexander: Employment is a reserved issue. Through UK Government and Scottish Executive employment initiatives, for example New Deal 18-24 and Training for Work, the claimant unemployment rate has dropped by 14% in West Dunbartonshire since May 1999.

Employment

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs have been created in (a) East and (b) West Dunbartonshire in each year since May 1999.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The information requested on the number of jobs created is not held centrally. However, information on the number of employee jobs is available from the Annual Business Inquiry. Therefore, the change in the number of employee jobs each year is available. The latest available data are for 2000.

  





Net Change in the Number of Employee Jobs
1999-2000 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

907 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

844

Energy

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support the establishment of a Scottish energy institute in Aberdeen bringing together academic, public and private sector players.

Lewis Macdonald: An outline proposal for a Scottish intermediary research institute in the energy field is being developed by Scottish Enterprise, and will be submitted to ministers in due course. Decisions on this proposal will be taken after full and proper consideration.

Enterprise

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to designate Aberdeen as a centre of excellence for energy.

Lewis Macdonald: Aberdeen is already widely recognised throughout Europe as a centre of excellence for energy: it is a leading location for oil and gas companies and its academic institutions have a well deserved reputation in the energy field. That will be a good foundation on which to build as the energy sector evolves in future to take advantage of the new opportunities in renewable energy.

Enterprise

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7250 by Henry McLeish on 8 June 2000, what recent action it has taken to reduce unemployment by encouraging new business start-ups and by providing support for existing small- and medium-sized business start-ups in West Dunbartonshire and what impact these efforts are having on business birth and survival rates in the area.

Ms Wendy Alexander: The Small Business Gateway was introduced from July 2000 and provides a consistent and minimum service provision for business start-ups and small businesses throughout the Scottish Enterprise area, including West Dunbartonshire.

  Specific figures on the number and survival rates of new start companies, assisted through the Small Business Gateway on a local basis, is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. This information is not held centrally.

Enterprise

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive when the coverage of the "Make it in Scotland" manufacturing industry education roadshow for S2 pupils, as referred to in the Scottish Economic Report – January 2002 , will be extended to schools in Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Fife.

Ms Wendy Alexander: We plan to rollout the "Make it in Scotland" campaign for S2 pupils across Scotland in the 2002-03 academic year.

Enterprise

Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what advice about the euro is being given by Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise or Scottish Trade International to exporters to the Eurozone and to those companies which import goods and services.

Ms Wendy Alexander: In the Scottish Enterprise area, responsibility for providing advice to businesses regarding the euro is the responsibility of Scotland Europa. In conjunction with HM Treasury, they have implementing a detailed programme - including workshops, conferences, publications, a website and a telephone hotline - to provide advice and raise awareness of the need to make appropriate preparations for the introduction of the currency. Such advice is continuing to be provided.

  Within the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) area, awareness raising activity have been undertaken by HIE and the European Information Centre (EIC). They are developing a series of practical workshops for businesses in the area on how they can use the euro. These are being developed in conjunction with banks in the area, private sector business representatives and the EIC. HIE Local Enterprise Companies provide information on the euro to businesses on request, drawing on Scotland Europa, the EIC and other resources.

European Funding

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many projects have been set up with the assistance of European Structural Funds in each of the last three years.

Mr Andy Kerr: The following table shows how many projects have been funded in each of the past three years:

  

 

2000 
  

2001 
  

2002 
  



Highlands & Islands - ESF 
  

163 
  

141 
  

111 
  



ERDF 
  

35 
  

34 
  

0 
  



EAGGF 
  

6 
  

16 
  

0 
  



FIFG 
  

0 
  

0 
  

0 
  



Objective 2 – West ESF 
  

0 
  

50 
  

0 
  



West ERDF 
  

0 
  

78 
  

0 
  



East 
  

0 
  

246 
  

0 
  



South 
  

0 
  

72 
  

0 
  



Objective 3 
  

541 
  

428 
  

0 
  



EQUAL 
  

0 
  

7 
  

0 
  



Total 
  

739 
  

1,072 
  

111

European Funding

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many projects which were eligible for European Structural Funding have not been set up due to the failure of the project to secure match funding in each of the last three years.

Mr Andy Kerr: When project applicants apply for European Structural Funding, it is a requirement that the match funding is in place. Information is not available on potential projects which have not been established due to any lack of necessary co-finance in advance of the application.

Finance

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to publish details of grant aided expenditure in respect of 2000-03 in a "green book" and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.

Peter Peacock: "Green books" for 2000-01 and 2001-02 are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 7912 and 12261 respectively). Allocations of grant aided expenditure for 2002-03 and 2003-04 were based on those for 2001-02, adjusted to take account of projected changes to population data for those years. Details of these adjustments are contained in a supplement attached to the "green book" for 2001-02.

General Practitioners

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how may general medical practitioners in Lothian have closed their patient lists.

Malcolm Chisholm: Nine practices in the area of Lothian NHS Board have indicated that they are not currently accepting new patients.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact on the NHS in Scotland will be of the judgement of the European Court of Justice in the case of Geraets-Smits and Peerbooms (C-157/99) on 12 July 2001 and what steps have been taken to implement any administrative action required as a result of the judgement.

Malcolm Chisholm: It has always been possible for Scottish individuals to go abroad for treatment under a standing arrangement which is named after the relevant EC documentation, E112. Policy on E112 is reserved to Westminster. The prior consent of the referring and receiving clinicians, the local NHS board and the Department of Health, (London) is required before a person can be treated abroad. The vast majority of approved cases involve those where the care need is not available in the home country.

  The Secretary of State for Health is considering revising the E112 arrangements once the European Court of Justice decisions in these and further pending cases have been fully evaluated, and the Executive will be keeping in close touch with developments.

Health

Ben Wallace (North-East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how it has improved local involvement in the development of health services since January 2001.

Malcolm Chisholm: Patient Focus and Public Involvement , published in December of last year, reported on steps taken to develop the actions identified in the Involving People section of Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change . It also set out more detailed proposals for work over the coming three years to develop the capacity of the NHS to involve patients, the public and local communities in the development of health services.

  Work with local health services has shown that effective public involvement can:

  act as a catalyst for change;

  help achieve a major improvement in the health of the public, and

  help strengthen public confidence in the NHS.

  Local health councils have been supported to clarify their role and to identify the scope for increased public involvement in local services. Patient Focus and Public Involvement sets out how we will take this work forward by the proposed development of a Scottish Health Council - a national body with a local presence - and by establishing a Health Service Users Forum in each NHS board area.

  Each NHS board is required to have a designated director with responsibility for public involvement and a key part of their role is to ensure that public involvement is embraced by the whole organisation. A number of different approaches and methodologies have been piloted or developed nationally to improve the way in which local services engage with, listen to and respond to local people. These include Designed to Involve, an Executive funded project which initially supported the development of public involvement in primary care. It is now being rolled-out across NHSScotland. Other innovative programmes, such as Allies in Change, Partners in Policymaking and Partners in Change, have shown how local service users can be supported to become more confident in their dealings with the services they use and contribute effectively to their development.

Hospital-Acquired Infection

Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were treated for hospital-acquired infections at district general hospitals in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01.

Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not held centrally.

  However, collection of core data on the incidence of selected hospital-acquired infections is a key component of the new national surveillance framework announced in July 2001. The framework will ensure regular feedback to NHS boards and trusts from the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health of centrally analysed local and national data about selected hospital infections.

Justice

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the current average length of time taken to complete asbestos-related court cases is and what estimates have been made of any reduction in the length of time taken following the appointment of Lord Mackay of Drumadoon in respect of such cases.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information requested is not readily available. The nomination of Lord Mackay of Drumadoon to oversee the procedural aspects of these actions, and particularly to focus the attention of parties on the matters which may be barring or delaying settlement or other progress as set out in the notice published in the Rolls of the Court of Session on 20 December 2001, is expected to result in certain actions being concluded more quickly. It is not possible to estimate by what extent, as a number of factors, not all of which are within the control of the court, influence the time such litigations take to be brought to a conclusion.

Justice

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many asbestos-related court cases were outstanding at the date of Lord Mackay of Drumadoon’s appointment; how many surviving asbestos sufferers are expected to access the court processes following his appointment, and what judicial resources will be allocated in order to ensure that such cases will be expedited.

Mr Jim Wallace: As at 20 December 2001 there were in the region of 450 asbestos related cases on-going in the Court of Session. During January 2002, Lord Mackay has conducted procedural hearings in a selection of cases, with a view to identifying any issues that might have a bearing on the future progress of these and future cases. Cases will continue to be called before him for the purposes set out in the notice in the Rolls of the Court of Session dated 20 December 2001, but it remains open to parties to the actions to make application to the court in accordance with the normal rules. The nomination of Lord Mackay of Drumadoon does not supersede normal procedure.

  It is expected that the additional judicial input into these cases through Lord Mackay will expedite progress focusing parties attention on issues that are barring or delaying settlement or other progress. Appropriate priority will continue to be given to those few cases that proceed to proof.

Justice

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to bring sheriff courts into line with English and Welsh magistrate’s courts by extending the time of appeal against the withdrawal or refusal of a driver’s licence due to an advancing psychiatric condition from 21 days to six months.

Mr Jim Wallace: We have no such plans. The 21-day time limit for lodging appeals (in non-criminal matters) with the sheriff court is set by the Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 1999. Under these rules courts have the discretion to waive this time limit for whatever reason and frequently do so.

Lifelong Learning

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive which libraries, colleges and workplaces in Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Fife have been branded as "learning centres" to date by learndirect scotland, as referred to in the Scottish Economic Report – January 2002 .

Ms Wendy Alexander: Of the 236 learndirect scotland branded learning centres registered at 1 February 2002, 28 are located within the Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Fife areas. There are seven learndirect scotland learning centres in the Stirling area, 20 in Fife and one in Clackmannanshire. The centres have been developed in a wide-range of locations, including: local libraries, colleges, workplaces, community centres and schools.

Local Government Finance

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance it plans to give to West Dunbartonshire Council’s Lord Provost’s Appeal for the centenary of Clydebank Town Hall.

Mr Andy Kerr: Revenue grant provided to local authorities is largely unhypothecated and is available for councils to spend on the whole range of council services. The Scottish Executive has no plans to provide additional financial assistance for the Clydebank Town Hall Appeal.

Maternity Services

Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to undertake a review of the geographic provision of in-patient services across Scotland in the light of A Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland .

Malcolm Chisholm: NHS boards have conducted local maternity service reviews, which take account of the various geographical and demographic features of their particular area. The Scottish Executive is currently auditing NHS board strategies against the principles laid out in A Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland. 

  A short life Expert Group on Acute Maternity Services, chaired by Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care, Mrs Mary Mulligan, will convene in February 2002 to develop recommendations on models of acute and intra-partum maternity care to assist boards to configure their services appropriately.

Mental Health

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently diagnosed as suffering from depression, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age and, (c) NHS board area.

Malcolm Chisholm: The available figures for depression are based on those from a sample of GP practices for the year ending December 2000.

  

 

Age group 
  

CMR population 
  

Number of CMR patients seen 
  

CMR prevalence rate 
  

Scottish population 
  

Estimated number of patients seen in Scotland 
  



Male 
  

0-4 
  

9,596 
  

4 
  

0.4 
  

147,890 
  

62 
  



5-14 
  

22,298 
  

39 
  

1.7 
  

331,683 
  

580 
  



15-24 
  

21,128 
  

615 
  

29.1 
  

326,591 
  

9,507 
  



25-44 
  

54,420 
  

2,487 
  

45.7 
  

770,214 
  

35,199 
  



45-64 
  

43,320 
  

1,966 
  

45.4 
  

590,183 
  

26,784 
  



65-74 
  

13,020 
  

408 
  

31.3 
  

196,670 
  

6,163 
  



75-84 
  

6,669 
  

250 
  

37.5 
  

99,215 
  

3,719 
  



85+ 
  

1,516 
  

65 
  

42.9 
  

22,241 
  

954 
  



All ages 
  

171,967 
  

5,834 
  

33.9 
  

2,484,687 
  

84,293 
  



Female 
  

0-4 
  

9,081 
  

6 
  

0.7 
  

140,420 
  

93 
  



5-14 
  

21,078 
  

48 
  

2.3 
  

316,154 
  

720 
  



15-24 
  

20,452 
  

1.572 
  

76.9 
  

314,494 
  

24,173 
  



25-44 
  

52,919 
  

6,500 
  

122.8 
  

768,532 
  

94,398 
  



45-64 
  

42,651 
  

4,266 
  

100.0 
  

621,375 
  

62,151 
  



65-74 
  

15,306 
  

1,064 
  

69.5 
  

242,982 
  

16,891 
  



75-84 
  

10,707 
  

662 
  

61.8 
  

164,522 
  

10,172 
  



85+ 
  

4,128 
  

192 
  

46.5 
  

61,434 
  

2,857 
  



All ages 
  

176,322 
  

14,310 
  

81.2 
  

2,629,913 
  

213,439 
  



  Source: ISD Scotland, Continuous Morbidity Recording (CMR).

  Scotland - 55 practices (population 348,289) 2000

Mental Health

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives have been set up by each local authority since 1999 to assist people diagnosed with depression.

Hugh Henry: The information requested is not held centrally.

Mental Health

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to raise the profile of depression amongst 16 to 25-year-olds.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive is developing a national programme to improve the mental health of the Scottish population. To drive that process, I am chairing a National Advisory Group, consisting of a range of stakeholders across health, education, social justice, business and other sectors. The advisory group will oversee various projects and initiatives, which is likely to include work with young people.

  A range of services is also being developed to meet the needs of people suffering from depression, including psychological interventions, which were added to the Framework for Mental Health Services in October last year.

Mental Health

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to fund initiatives such as the project set up by Facilitate Scotland which offers telephone counselling for people with mental health illnesses.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive currently funds a range of voluntary bodies in the mental health arena which provide various types of support, including telephone helplines, for people with mental health difficulties. In addition, we are currently planning the introduction of a telephone helpline for people with low mood and depression, who may be at risk of suicide, which will help put them in touch with appropriate services offered by the statutory and voluntary sectors.

Mental Health

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the current services available for young people who have been diagnosed with a mental health illness.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Executive has already commissioned the Public Health Institute for Scotland to conduct a national review of child and adolescent mental health services. Their report is due later this year. In addition separate studies of adolescent psychiatry out-patient services, depression among adolescents and adolescent psychosis have been funded. Together, the findings will inform future decisions on the best organisation of services for this important care group.

  Our expert Child Health Support Group has been visiting NHS boards to offer support in strengthening local services for children and young people. Their national conference later this month will include examples of good practice in child and adolescent mental health services.

Mental Health

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding has been provided to young people diagnosed with a mental health illness, broken down by NHS board area, in each year since 1999.

Malcolm Chisholm: Health care for young people with a mental health illness is funded from the general allocations that the Scottish Executive provides to NHS boards. The boards are responsible for determining how these resources are used to meet the different healthcare needs of their populations in line with national guidance on health priorities. We do not hold centrally information about expenditure by NHS boards on young people with a mental health problem.

Mental Health

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what services are currently offered to young people diagnosed with a mental illness, broken down by NHS board area.

Malcolm Chisholm: That is a matter for each NHS board to decide in consultation with their local authority and other care partners. A review of all child and adolescent mental health services is under way by the Public Health Institute for Scotland and is due to report later this year.

  Providing age sensitive care and the importance of appropriate and planned transition from child, through adolescent to adult services are key to the successful planning and delivery of care for this priority group.

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take in light of the report to the Department of Health by the Chief Medical Officer’s Working Group on chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take in order to increase awareness and understanding of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to provide education and awareness training in respect of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome for healthcare professionals.

Hugh Henry: The Executive is setting up a short-life action group to consider the most effective ways of improving the care and quality of life for those with CFS/ME, in the light of the English Chief Medical Officer's Working Group Report . In the interim, we will make sure that the NHS in Scotland is aware of, and can access, the report itself.

NHS Staff

Ben Wallace (North-East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff posts have been or will be lost as a result of the establishment of the new NHS boards.

Malcolm Chisholm: The establishment of 15 new NHS boards was intended to improve governance and accountability of Scotland’s local NHS systems, and was not intended to have any impact on staff numbers. Information on changes in the number of posts following the establishment of the new NHS boards is not currently held centrally, but may be held by local NHS management.

NHS Staff

Brian Adam (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the implications of the judgement in the European Court of justice in the case of Gerat-Smits and Peerbooms for health services, including drug treatment, in Scotland.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Executive, in liaison with the other UK Health Departments, is keeping in close touch with developments on the European Court of Justice decisions in these two cases and further pending cases. The implications have not yet been fully evaluated.

NHS Staff

Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given, in light of medical evidence suggesting health risks from the use of sun beds, to introducing a ban on the provision of public sunbed facilities.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Executive has not considered introducing a ban on the provision of public sunbed facilities.

Ports

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive which individuals and organisations have been sent copies of  Forth Estuary Transportation Authority Report on Public Consultatio n.

Lewis Macdonald: Copies were sent to all those who were consulted (listed in the answer given to question S1W-21569 on 22 January 2002) or who responded to the consultation, and were placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 18603) and made available on the Executive website.

Rail Services

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21310 by Lewis Macdonald on 16 January 2002, why there has been a delay in the Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 to transfer legislative competence to the Parliament in respect of the promotion and construction of railways being laid and brought into force.

Lewis Macdonald: Officials from the Scottish Executive and from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions have been working steadily through the details of implementing the McLeish settlement since devolution. Orders implementing previous parts of it have been agreed by both Parliaments. This order constitutes the final step and I expect it to be made in the first half of this year.

Road Accidents

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish a report on the progress made with each of the 58 recommendations contained within the Summary of the Review of the Investigation of Road Deaths in Scotland by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Quality and Practice Review Unit .

Mrs Elish Angiolini QC: Work has been on-going to implement the recommendations of the Quality and Practice Review Unit review of the investigation of road traffic deaths. There are no plans to publish a progress report at this stage.

Road Accidents

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the outstanding 22 recommendations referred to in the Summary of the Review of the Investigation of Road Deaths in Scotland by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Quality and Practice Review Unit .

Mrs Elish Angiolini QC: It is not intended to publish the 22 unpublished recommendations of the Quality and Practice Review Unit review of the investigation of road traffic deaths. They are of an internal administrative nature only. All 80 recommendations for improvements in practice are being implemented and I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-21900 on 22 January 2002.

Road Signs

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to amend the signage on the M90 north of the Forth Road Bridge to reduce the volume of traffic travelling to Dunfermline following a route through Rosyth.

Lewis Macdonald: The Executive has no plans to amend the signing at this location. The existing signing, which is the responsibility of Fife Council, does not direct traffic for Dunfermline through Rosyth.

Roads

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend the A823 (N) in Rosyth to connect with the new ferry terminal thereby bypassing residential areas.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive is in discussions with Fife Council about its access strategy to the new ferry terminal at Rosyth, including signage to keep heavy goods vehicles to existing agreed routes. The A823 (N) is a local road. As such, proposals for developing a new access road would be a matter for Fife Council as the local roads authority for the area.

  For information, there are currently no proposals for the Executive to extend the A823 (M) trunk road.

Roads

Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the project to extend the M77 remains on target and whether a timetable for the completion of the road will be published.

Lewis Macdonald: The project to extend the M77 between Fenwick and Malletsheugh is being taken forward jointly with the Glasgow Southern Orbital and is on target for opening in early 2005. This is in line with the timetable set out following the Strategic Roads Review.

Rural Stewardship Scheme

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications under the Rural Stewardship Scheme have been made in the current financial year.

Ross Finnie: Four hundred and seventy-eight applications under the Rural Stewardship Scheme have been made in the current financial year.

Rural Stewardship Scheme

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a breakdown of how money was allocated under the Rural Stewardship Scheme in the current financial year.

Ross Finnie: The breakdown of how money was allocated under the Rural Stewardship Scheme in the current financial year is as follows:

  


Management Options: 
  

£0 
  



Environmental Audits/Moorland Management Plans: 
  

£191,819 
  



Capital Options: 
  

£2,091,061 
  



  The first management payments amounting to £2,750,046 for applications approved this year will be made in 2002-03.

Rural Stewardship Scheme

Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much money allocated for field margins and boundaries under the Rural Stewardship Scheme was specifically allocated for (a) fencing (b) hedging and (c) stone dykes.

Ross Finnie: Funding of £2,557,891 has been allocated to fencing required in connection with conservation management. No funding has been allocated to hedge planting or restoration of stone dykes.

Scottish Executive Staff

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to move Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department energy section jobs to Aberdeen.

Lewis Macdonald: The Energy Division of the Enterprise and Lifelong Department relocated from Edinburgh to Glasgow in November 2000. There are no plans to relocate the division to Aberdeen.

Single European Currency

Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it is monitoring the use of the euro in the retail and tourism sectors in Scotland.

Ms Wendy Alexander: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-21890 on 29 January 2002.

Social Work

Irene McGugan (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many social workers specialising in childcare have been employed by each local authority in each of the last five years.

Nicol Stephen: Figures for social workers specialising in childcare should not be considered in isolation, as many local authorities also have generic social workers who provide services to more than one client group, including children. Table 1 therefore shows the number of social workers in Scotland by client group in each of the years 1996, 1999 and 2000. Comparable figures for 1997 and 1998 are not available because they were not collected on a consistent basis due to classification changes.

  Table 1: Staff of Local Authority Social Work Services, 1996-2000

  Social Workers by Client Group1: Whole Time Equivalents

  


Client group 
  

Number of Staff (WTE) 
  






1996 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  



Children 
  

1,447 
  

1,580 
  

1,577 
  



Generic2


652 
  

894 
  

811 
  



Other3


1,973 
  

1,814 
  

1,764 
  



All client groups 
  

4,072 
  

4,288 
  

4,152 
  



  Notes:

  1. Includes Senior Social Workers and Main Grade Social Workers.

  2. Generic provision represents staff who provide services to more than one client group.

  3. "Other" client groups covers services for adults and services for offenders.

  Table 2 shows the figures for social workers specialising in childcare by local authority for each of the three years. The differing patterns reflect the extent to which social workers are identified by local authorities as specialist or generic. Some councils have changed their approach to classification over the period covered by the statistics. The proportion of generic provision which relates to children’s services is not known.

  Table 2: Staff of Local Authority Social Work Services, 1996 – 20003

  Social Workers Specialising in Childcare1, 2: Whole Time Equivalents

  


Local Authority 
  

Specialising in Childcare only 
  

Generic Services 
  

Total 
  



1996 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  

1996 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  

1996 
  

1999 
  

2000 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

79 
  

96 
  

106 
  

54 
  

88 
  

0 
  

133 
  

184 
  

106 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

24 
  

57 
  

90 
  

77 
  

51 
  

20 
  

101 
  

108 
  

110 
  



Angus 
  

8 
  

49 
  

35 
  

23 
  

2 
  

0 
  

31 
  

51 
  

35 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

1 
  

3 
  

3 
  

29 
  

29 
  

33 
  

30 
  

32 
  

36 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

16 
  

21 
  

16 
  

0 
  

0 
  

0 
  

16 
  

21 
  

16 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

44 
  

42 
  

43 
  

24 
  

2 
  

2 
  

68 
  

44 
  

45 
  



Dundee City 
  

109 
  

81 
  

62 
  

23 
  

0 
  

5 
  

132 
  

81 
  

67 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

40 
  

39 
  

32 
  

5 
  

0 
  

0 
  

45 
  

39 
  

32 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

11 
  

19 
  

16 
  

8 
  

10 
  

5 
  

19 
  

29 
  

21 
  



East Lothian 
  

24 
  

35 
  

29 
  

0 
  

0 
  

0 
  

24 
  

35 
  

29 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

28 
  

20 
  

20 
  

0 
  

0 
  

2 
  

28 
  

20 
  

22 
  



Edinburgh, City of 
  

175 
  

198 
  

199 
  

25 
  

34 
  

87 
  

200 
  

232 
  

286 
  



Eileanan Siar 
  

1 
  

5 
  

5 
  

13 
  

3 
  

3 
  

14 
  

8 
  

8 
  



Falkirk 
  

49 
  

59 
  

55 
  

0 
  

0 
  

0 
  

49 
  

59 
  

55 
  



Fife 
  

74 
  

90 
  

87 
  

29 
  

31 
  

14 
  

103 
  

121 
  

101 
  



Glasgow City 
  

249 
  

95 
  

83 
  

22 
  

438 
  

402 
  

271 
  

533 
  

485 
  



Highland 
  

0 
  

53 
  

51 
  

65 
  

38 
  

64 
  

65 
  

91 
  

115 
  



Inverclyde 
  

53 
  

40 
  

46 
  

1 
  

2 
  

11 
  

54 
  

42 
  

57 
  



Midlothian 
  

30 
  

28 
  

29 
  

0 
  

1 
  

0 
  

30 
  

29 
  

29 
  



Moray 
  

32 
  

42 
  

40 
  

0 
  

3 
  

0 
  

32 
  

45 
  

40 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

43 
  

47 
  

45 
  

5 
  

5 
  

13 
  

48 
  

52 
  

58 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

57 
  

82 
  

80 
  

59 
  

39 
  

44 
  

116 
  

121 
  

124 
  



Orkney Islands 
  

4 
  

6 
  

6 
  

0 
  

0 
  

0 
  

4 
  

6 
  

6 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

41 
  

42 
  

53 
  

0 
  

0 
  

16 
  

41 
  

42 
  

69 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

52 
  

33 
  

26 
  

21 
  

11 
  

21 
  

73 
  

44 
  

47 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

27 
  

37 
  

46 
  

12 
  

0 
  

2 
  

39 
  

37 
  

48 
  



Shetland Islands 
  

3 
  

3 
  

3 
  

14 
  

15 
  

12 
  

17 
  

18 
  

15 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

32 
  

38 
  

36 
  

27 
  

29 
  

25 
  

59 
  

67 
  

61 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

22 
  

97 
  

95 
  

118 
  

26 
  

0 
  

140 
  

123 
  

95 
  



Stirling 
  

30 
  

30 
  

36 
  

0 
  

5 
  

5 
  

30 
  

35 
  

41 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

31 
  

29 
  

42 
  

0 
  

28 
  

3 
  

31 
  

57 
  

45 
  



West Lothian 
  

58 
  

67 
  

66 
  

0 
  

7 
  

24 
  

58 
  

74 
  

90 
  



Scotland 
  

1,447 
  

1,580 
  

1,577 
  

652 
  

894 
  

811 
  

2,099 
  

2,474 
  

2,388 
  



  Notes:

  1. Includes Senior Social Workers and Main Grade Social Workers.

  2. Generic Social Workers provide services to more than one client group. They are likely to provide services for children.

  3. Figures for 1997 and 1998 are not available in this format as a different set of classifications were used.

Sport

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what government schemes are available to fund basketball clubs; how these schemes operate including whether applicants to the schemes are required to find match funding, and how much financial assistance has been given for the promotion of basketball in each year since 1997.

Dr Elaine Murray: Sportscotland operates a number of programmes through the Lottery Sports Fund which are shaped around the needs of sport in Scotland as set out in Sport 21 and reflected in the lottery strategy Levelling the Playing Field. These programmes are application based and are open to basketball clubs in the same way they are open to other sports. Applications are considered on their individual merits and involve the applicant committing partnership funding.

  Sportscotland also operates an Exchequer-funded Governing Body Development Initiative Programme. The amount of grant-in-aid received by the Scottish Basketball Association under this programme in the years since 1997 is set out in the table.

  


Year 
  

£ 
  



1997-98 
  

61,500 
  



1998-99 
  

66,000 
  



1999-2000 
  

63,000 
  



2000-01 
  

63,000 
  



2001-02 
  

78,400

Sport

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available to basketball clubs through (a) the Sportsmatch programme and (b) Awards for All Scotland scheme; why these schemes operate differently to similar schemes in England and how much funding has been awarded by each scheme in each year since 1997.

Dr Elaine Murray: The Sportsmatch and Awards for All Programmes are open grants programmes. Applications to both programmes, from whatever sport are considered on their individual merits.

  The Sportsmatch Programme is operated in England, Scotland and Wales in a similar fashion although the level of resources available in each country differs. In Scotland, the programme is also linked to the priorities and targets set out in Sport 21. In England the programme is seen almost as a stand alone programme. The total amount of awards made under the programme in Scotland each year since 1997 is set out in the table.

  


Year 
  

£ 
  



1997-98 
  

289,855 
  



1998-99 
  

269,009 
  



1999-2000 
  

253,250 
  



2000-01 
  

197,821 
  



2001-02 (to date) 
  

160,550 
  



  The Awards for All Programme has been operating since 1998 and is a joint programme set up to help small groups seeking Lottery awards. It involves sportscotland, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Scottish Arts Council and the National Lottery Charities Board, Scotland. As with the Sportsmatch Programme, the main difference in operation is the level of resources available under the programme. The funds contributed by sportscotland to the Awards for All Programme are set out in the table below. Information on the actual awards made under the programme is held by the Awards for All Office and you should contact the office direct for details on individual awards.

  


Year 
  

£ 
  



1998-99 
  

718,714 
  



1999-2000 
  

888,956 
  



2000-01 
  

766,740 
  



2001-02 (to date) 
  

798,545

Teachers

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase teacher numbers, provide teachers with improved career paths and enhance students’ grades in East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.

Nicol Stephen: In 2001 the Scottish Executive mounted the first ever major national teacher recruitment advertising campaign, with the twin objectives of improving the public perception of teaching as a worthwhile and rewarding career and increasing the number of talented people entering the profession.

  The agreement A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century introduced the new Chartered Teacher grade to provide an alternative career progression route. The Chartered Teacher programme will enable teachers to pursue a challenging and rewarding career without having to leave the classroom.

  A sub-group of the Ministerial Strategy Committee for Continuing Professional Development is drafting guidance to ensure school leaders and managers at all levels are fully supported and equipped to meet the demands of their posts.

  Education authorities and headteachers are responsible for the quality of courses and standards of attainment in individual schools. In support of this, the Scottish Executive is taking a range of actions which will improve the quality of provision and raise attainment levels nationally. We have published revised curriculum guidelines, advice on curriculum flexibility and a clear statement of National Priorities for education. We are developing the schools/education Improvement Framework as the basis for improvement within individual schools and education authorities. We have provided support and resources for a range of key aspects of education, including literacy, numeracy and science, and through a number of initiatives such as the New Community Schools initiative. We have established the Assessment Development Programme, and are implementing the recommendations of the Discipline Task Group.

Trade

Helen Eadie (Dunfermline East) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will request Her Majesty's Government to propose that the protection of trade routes and, in particular, rail freight trade routes is discussed at a meeting of the Council of Ministers in order to protect the interests of Scottish businesses.

Lewis Macdonald: The regulation of international trade and rail freight are reserved matters. The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including rail freight trade routes and how the current position at the Channel Tunnel might impact on businesses in Scotland. In addition, we welcome the continuing close interest take in this matter by the European Commission.

Transport

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list bids whose applications for funding to (a) the Public Transport Fund and (b) the Integrated Transport Fund were refused.

Lewis Macdonald: The following local authority bids were not awarded funding from Round 4 of the Public Transport Fund:

  East Renfrewshire Council - A77 Fenwick Road Giffnock Reconfiguration.

  Renfrewshire Council - Paisley Town Centre Quality Bus project and Paisley Interchange study.

  Argyll & Bute Council - Lismore and Luing Ferry Services project development work.

  East Renfrewshire Council - Transportation Study for Glasgow Southern Circumferential Route.

  Orkney Islands - Public Transport Interchange project.

  Perth & Kinross Council - Interchange and cycle measures study

  South Ayrshire – Multi-modal travel study.

  Highland Council - Great Glen Transport Axis and Inverness City Centre Improvements Study.

  Aberdeen City Council - Urban Realm study.

  East Dunbartonshire Council- Integrated Community Access Plans study

  Fife Council - Forth Bridgehead Transportation study

  North Lanarkshire Council - Safer Routes to School project and Quality Bus Corridors Study

  West Lothian Council - Airdrie Bathgate Railway Line reopening study

  WESTRANS - park and ride strategy for West of Scotland development

  There is no bidding process for the Integrated Transport Fund (ITF). ITF funds are allocated at the discretion of ministers.

Water Authority

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of any increase in traffic flows along local roads and the A81 during the construction phase of proposed works at Milngavie and Baldernock in connection with the Katrine Water Project.

Lewis Macdonald: The A81 is a local road and as such the responsibility of East Dunbartonshire and Stirling Councils as the local roads authorities for the sections of the road that lie within their areas. This is therefore a matter for the councils to address.

Water Authority

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the energy requirements will be of additional pumping required for the new Milngavie water treatment plant proposed as part of the Katrine Water Project and what alternatives to pumping were considered.

Ross Finnie: This is a matter for West of Scotland Water and I have asked the Chief Executive to respond. His reply is as follows:

  The replacement Milngavie water treatment works is located to the north of the existing Mugdock and Craigmaddie raw water reservoirs and is fed by a new raw water pumping station. Based on the maximum design flow the estimated energy usage of the pumping station is calculated as approximately 8.5 million kWh/annum.

  This energy usage is off-set by a similar reduction in energy usage within the Loch Lomond Supply System, reflecting the efficiency of the proposed scheme.

  Alternative sites were considered that had a different energy profile. However, in all options pumping was required, whether this was raw water pumping at the treatment works inlet or treated water pumping on the treatment works outlet.

Water Authority

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what independent monitoring will be put in place by West of Scotland Water Authority to ensure that the noise standards specified in section 3.3.1 of its Katrine Water Project Environmental Statement–-Non-Technical Summary will not be exceeded during construction of the project.

Ross Finnie: This is a matter for West of Scotland Water and I have asked the Chief Executive respond. His reply is as follows:

  This issue is addressed in pages 2-20 to 2-21 of the Environmental Statement included in the authority’s planning application.

  During the construction of the new works the Katrine Water Project will develop and implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) which will be integrated with the construction quality and health and safety management systems. Amongst other issues, it will address the procedures to be adopted to minimise environmental risks from noise and vibration. The EMS will also include procedures for appropriate noise monitoring. The EMS will be developed in detail once all planning conditions have been agreed. Environmental monitoring information will be made available to the local community through the recently established Community Forum.

Water Authority

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether stage one of the Katrine Water Project is being undertaken cost effectively, in light of the allowance for its completion of £5.3 million in Stirling Water’s expenditure plan, given that this phase involves (a) an optioneering study, (b) selection, conceptual design and planning submission of a preferred scheme and (c) agreement of an agreed target cost for the stage two works.

Ross Finnie: This is a matter for West of Scotland Water and I have asked the Chief Executive to respond. His reply is as follows:

  The latest estimate of the Stage 1 expenditure is £5.1 million. As well as the three items in the question, this phase also included:

  extensive Value Management exercises, and

  the construction, commissioning and running for a 12 month period of a substantial Pilot Plant to confirm the water treatment processes necessary for the new works.

  An independent review was undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers which indicated positively on both the methodology and particularly the robustness of the contract delivery process. In addition, independent cost consultants EC Harris have reported comprehensively on the commercial costing of the project.

  The allocation of sufficient resources to stage 1 of the project is crucial to the success of the project. Tight definition of outputs and resources at an early stage plus rigorous assessment of options ensures value for money by limiting the scope for cost and time over-runs.

Correction

The reply to question S1W-20442, which was originally answered on 11 December 2001, has been corrected: see page 337.